Bollywood: The Films! The Songs! The Stars!

Such a fun Bollywood recap! Love the info and it makes me go back and watch old movies !

This book is what I expected. Ce livre est exactement ce que j’esperais.

Amazing book. Hours of pleasurable reading about Indian Film industry. Highly recommended.

The book is absolutely beautiful, the colors pop off the page and there’s lots of attention to detail to many elements of Bollywood. However, with that being said, the book has quite a few inaccuracies: It states that Aishwarya Rai Bachchan won the Best Actress Filmfare Award in 2008 for “Jodhaa Akbar”, she was only nominated, Priyanka Chopra won that year for “Fashion”. It also claims that “Devdas” was nominated for an Academy Award, it wasn’t, it was India’s selection for the 2003 Academy Awards but it did not become a finalist. Irrfan Khan was also not nominated for an Academy Award, the film he was in, “Salaam Bombay”, was nominated for the Best Foreign Language Film Academy Award.There also could have been way more emphasis on the Kapoor sisters (especially Kareena), Manish Malhotra, Farah Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukerji, Kajol, Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Sonam Kapoor, Anushka Sharma, Shahid Kapoor and Ranveer Singh instead of simply a few paragraphs or a minor mention.“Dil To Pagal Hai” “Koi... Mil Gaya”, “Kal Ho Naa Ho”, “Haider” and “Black” all should have had their own pages instead of being mentioned in the back of the book or not being mentioned at all. “Black” proved itself to be an incredibly groundbreaking film for Bollywood, as were the other aforementioned films, which is why I was flabbergasted that there was hardly anything on them.

This is one of those books where the author’s regard for the subject matter is evident on every page. Visually a sumptuous exploration of Bollywood, India’s Hindi film making industry is beautifully framed showcasing its unique and exotic, cultural and creative contribution to India’s movie industry. Too fact laden to be called an over-view but certainly not an exhaustive study – there are just too many films to cover them all.Not simply a picture book, there is plenty of text and the writing is clear and informative. The physical book is approximately 12 by 10 by 1 1/8 inches. It is a large 360 page hardback with a colorful laminated cover lavishly illustrated with photographs of everything from the players, scenes from films, posters and murals created to promote them, etc.The paper is high quality and reflective of the solid construction of the book. The font size for the majority of the text is 9 point which can be a strain for people with vision limitations. The index saves time so the reader can quickly locate a desired reference. The book serves as an excellent introduction to Bollywood capturing the beauty and energy of the films.

For those that dont know, Bollywood is in some ways, larger than Hollywood. It releases more films than the US and in the world. It is probably in the last 20 years that America has been paying more attention to their films as well as their history. And DK Books has chosen a rather curious topic to explore its history. With its fully illustrated and well written text, DK seems the perfect company to release a full sized coffee table style book that is both entertaining and informative.Starting all the way in the beginning, the Indian Cinema started in 1913 releasing films focusing on society and religion. Many of the films, even by our current Western standards, are all still obscure, save for select few. But for a movie lover, this is a perfect book to start exploring films and their plots to discover a whole new world that someone might not otherwise be aware of. It gives historical context and importance to select films in relation to other films made in India that will give you appreciate and inspiration to want to see them.The book is all-encompassing with many movies to read about, along with their directors, producers and stars of their world. You will go from its beginnings in 1913 all the way to 2016 discussing the film Dangal. The book is beautifully put together with tons of images with rare pictures of movie posters. I will have a lot of fun going through this book and discovering films I will want to see.

I enjoy movies. And whenever I get some spare time, I consume them voraciously. Being Indian, I have always enjoyed good Hindi (Bollywood) movies.The world is more familiar with Bollywood than any regional cinema power centers in indian cinema (aka Kollywood, Tollywood etc.). This DK book is a terrific start to explore Indian cinema mainly through the lens of Hindi movies. ‘Bollywood’ makes hundreds of movies a year - it is in fact the most productive cinema industry in the world. DK has endeavored to provide an overview of the industry with critically or popularly acclaimed movies showcased on each page.The book is magnificent in its design - it is a visual feast. Every page includes reproductions of classic stills or photographs or posters and murals of the subject movie on the page as well as the plot and other nuggets of info related to the movie or its actors. Tons of photos make this book stunning. All the major films in each decade are covered.As I flipped through the pages I went back in time to those years and was able to remember some memories associated with the year in which a particular movie was made. This could be a nostalgic trip down memory lane for people who grew up in the 70s through the 90s.A 5 star effort. I wish DK would make this an even more comprehensive look by including more movies, interviews with directors and actors as well as which movies won what awards on the same page as the movie.

I bought this item as a X-mas gift for a friend who is into Bollywood movies. He adored it! The book has an interesting content, quality material and fun facts about Bollywood extravaganza. If you are into Indian movies and want to learn more about its colorful history, look no further. Its cover is just as vividly decorated as its content. I highly recommend it.

This is one of the best books on Indian showbiz written so far, it covers almost all the major movies, actors, and other veterans of the Indian cinema. The selected pictures inside the book are a treat to see.

This book is amazing! Everyone in our home from grandad to grandson have had a read. The quality is gorgeous and is a perfect coffee table book addition.

I had a book on the Hollywood stars and films and I’ve recently started to enjoy the Bollywood scene, so I found this book an interesting read.

Perfect present!